Hello Chaps.
It was about this time last year that I turned up to ask some questions about the Armley sample set (original post: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=16728) as I was due a bonus and hoped to use some of it to buy my first new sample set in a very long time. Unfortunately, by the time the money turned up, the house was - it turned out - in the middle of a series of mild domestic "explosions" which required extensive repairs and redecoration and thus there was no money to spend on fun things.
A year passes and bonus month is upon me again. Thus far, the house hasn't blown up this year (touch wood) and come pay day I want to finally place an order for the set.
There's just one thing that's bothering me.
I've been working through the recordings, playing with the demo set again, evaluating it all (and getting rather excited about it) but the nagging doubt I have is the way the tremulants in the set seem to behave. They seem somewhat "abrupt" in their change between "on" and "off" states (and vice versa), which I suspect is to do with the change between different samples.
I'm not sure however. Could it be that that's how the real organ sounds? Are they as abrupt in the full set? Could it be that it's a peculiarity of the demo set? If it's just the way the sampling was done, is there anything that can be done to smooth the attack / release of the tremulant-affected pipes? Could I possibly have an old version of the demo set which has since been corrected / improved?
I know that this must seem like a tiny issue, but in the absence of a bonus from work, I usually have less than the cost of this set to spend on fun things in the average year, so I don't really want to spend this amount of money and then have it spoiled by lingering doubts.
Please don't misunderstand me - I'm hugely impressed with what Lavender Audio have produced (and particularly at the affordable price they offer it). I really want to buy the set and look forward to enjoying it, but I have to know that I've at least asked the question before I sign the cheque, so to speak.
With thanks for anything anyone can offer on this subject,
Adam.
It was about this time last year that I turned up to ask some questions about the Armley sample set (original post: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=16728) as I was due a bonus and hoped to use some of it to buy my first new sample set in a very long time. Unfortunately, by the time the money turned up, the house was - it turned out - in the middle of a series of mild domestic "explosions" which required extensive repairs and redecoration and thus there was no money to spend on fun things.
A year passes and bonus month is upon me again. Thus far, the house hasn't blown up this year (touch wood) and come pay day I want to finally place an order for the set.
There's just one thing that's bothering me.
I've been working through the recordings, playing with the demo set again, evaluating it all (and getting rather excited about it) but the nagging doubt I have is the way the tremulants in the set seem to behave. They seem somewhat "abrupt" in their change between "on" and "off" states (and vice versa), which I suspect is to do with the change between different samples.
I'm not sure however. Could it be that that's how the real organ sounds? Are they as abrupt in the full set? Could it be that it's a peculiarity of the demo set? If it's just the way the sampling was done, is there anything that can be done to smooth the attack / release of the tremulant-affected pipes? Could I possibly have an old version of the demo set which has since been corrected / improved?
I know that this must seem like a tiny issue, but in the absence of a bonus from work, I usually have less than the cost of this set to spend on fun things in the average year, so I don't really want to spend this amount of money and then have it spoiled by lingering doubts.
Please don't misunderstand me - I'm hugely impressed with what Lavender Audio have produced (and particularly at the affordable price they offer it). I really want to buy the set and look forward to enjoying it, but I have to know that I've at least asked the question before I sign the cheque, so to speak.
With thanks for anything anyone can offer on this subject,
Adam.